How to Use pathogen in a Sentence

pathogen

noun

• The spikes open cells for the pathogen to infect the body.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
• If that is the case, pathogens could be present in the urine.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024
• New encounters with a pathogen catch the body off guard—and tend to be the most severe.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2023
• If the canker pathogen is a fungus, prune off the cankers in early summer.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
• About 75% of the dogs at Texas A&M tested positive for a known pathogen.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• One is by teaching T-cells to recognize and kill the pathogen.
  — Angus Chen, STAT, 14 Apr. 2022
• The smaller the filter pores, the smaller the pathogens and toxins that can be strained out of your water.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
• But to this day, Sisk is convinced the pathogen wasn’t introduced in her home.
  — Laura Reiley and Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022
• But so too will constructing the genomes of novel pathogens.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• It’s not a simple cause and effect, like how a pathogen infiltrates the lungs and kills.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 Mar. 2022
• Some pathogens, such as the Powassan virus, can transmit in just 15 minutes.
  — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 14 June 2023
• That’s because it isn’t caused by a pathogen that spreads from person to person.
  — Kathryn Watson, SELF, 14 Apr. 2022
• The bird’s nest fungus in one image is just on dead wood and is not a pathogen that would cause you trouble.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
• Then again, it’s not every day that a new pathogen bursts onto the scene, killing millions.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 5 June 2022
• Critics view pathogen research as the Wild West of science.
  — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• That means that hunters may now encounter wildlife that is more likely to transmit a pathogen.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plus, the dye-free soil is made with pine bark that’s treated to prevent the spread of pathogens and invasive species.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
• The wound dressing can interfere with the plant’s ability to seal the wound and trap moisture and pathogens at the site.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2024
• In the case of one kind of typhus fever, for example, lice excrete the pathogen in their feces.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 3 June 2024
• The pathogen is known to affect various species of bees and is a leading factor of the bee’s decline.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
• That’s because this pathogen tends to spread swiftly and stealthily.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Mar. 2023
• Foodborne pathogens kill thousands of people in the U.S. every year.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• Not all cases of spinal meningitis come from a pathogen, though.
  — Sarah Lemire, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The microbiome also helps defend the body against pathogens.
  — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024
• For all that has been learned about the Covid-19 pathogen, the course of the pandemic has hinged on human systems more than viral ones.
  — New York Times, 22 Nov. 2021
• At the outer limit—in the case of rogue malware or pathogens—such drastic steps might be needed.
  — Mustafa Suleyman, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• In simplest terms, vaccines are a way to give your immune system a sneak peek at a pathogen.
  — Matthew Woodruff, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
• When someone is very sick, doctors can’t always tell which class of pathogen is to blame, at least at first.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2022
• These pathogens typically make their way into your body via small cuts or rug burns.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
• But a dozen vaccines are nothing compared to the myriad of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens babies’ immune systems are exposed to every day, Davis said.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025